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 Ferris
State Athletic Hall of Fame
Gary Waters
Basketball, 1972-89
A rising star in major college
coaching, Rutgers University's
Gary Waters got his start at
Ferris after a successful
playing career. He was an NAIA
All-District selection as a
player and in two years led the
team to a 47-10 record under
Coach Jim Wink. As a senior, he
averaged 12.4 points and 5.7
rebounds per game for the
1973-74 Great Lakes Conference
champions while earning
all-conference honors. Waters
also helped the Bulldogs garner
a NAIA National Tournament berth
as a junior.
Gary served as an assistant
coach for 14 seasons at Ferris
under Wink and later Tom Ludwig.
He then joined Eastern Michigan
University as an assistant and
later associate head coach from
1989-96. Hired in 1996 by Kent
State, he led the Golden Flashes
to three post-season berths and
was twice named Mid-American
Conference Coach of the Year.
Kent reached its first NCAA
Tournament in 1999, advanced to
the National Invitational
Tournament's Elite Eight in 2000
and upset Indiana in the first
round of the 2001 "Big Dance."
Waters took the job at Rutgers
University in April, 2001 and
his Scarlet Knights went 18-12,
beat a school-record four Top 25
foes and made the NIT. The
United States Basketball
Writer's Association honored him
as the District II Coach of the
Year. The Detroit native was an
all-city basketball, football
and track athlete at MacKenzie
High School.
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Following his induction into the
Ferris State Hall of Fame, Gary
Waters sat down for a candid
interview.
CLICK HERE to read this
engaging one-on-one.
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